LEONARD EDMONDSON (1916-2002)Gateway

http://tsurusushicafe.com/map "Leonard Edmondson's art career began at the University of California at Berkeley. After service in the Army, from 1942 to 1946, Edmondson embarked on a distinguished teaching career that has spanned five decades. Although renowned for his work as a printmaker, Edmondson has used a wide variety of media in his art. By 1950, he made an abrupt change from figuration to abstraction, cited by the artist as a journey of discovery of inspiration and meaning in his work.

Leonard Edmondson wrote: ""This vocabulary manifests itself in a dynamic structure where color responds to the size and position of shapes, and reinforces the intent of the composition. Lines close to make shapes that occupy shallow space. I am equally concerned with what I want to say and the formal values I use to say it. My painting is not art of rebellion but one of discovery and sharing. I have found satisfaction in the spontaneous, often compulsive, active of drawing and painting.""" visit web page